Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-13

sonal liberty Of citizens. Who are these
men who propose to make such radical
changes in our laws? By what power do
they propose to accomplish these things?
Are a me- ority OF the Democratic voters
OF Texas opposed TO the prohibition
amendment? Let us look st this a little
while end see what the facts demonstrate.
Anderson county gave Governor Ross G57
ms jority st the last election. The same
county gave the ants a majority or
SIS votes, the Republican vote,
about 1900, going solid fer anti.
Colorado county, which gave Cochran q
Ms ority over Governor Ross, gives an
anu majority Of 2l23, the Republican
vote solid and about one-third OF the
Democratic vote. Dallas county, which
has large Republican vote, gives the
ants majority of 2G99, which indicates
that the Democrats CT Dallas county are
about evenly divided On this question.
Collin county, which gave Ross 1850
votes and Cochran 249, at last general
election, gives an anti msjority OF 100,
which indicates that the pro Democrats
are in the ma 0rity in that county. Falls
county, strong negro county, gives the
ants majority of 1863, something
near the negro vote Of the county,
which went solid for anti.
GraySOn county, which gave Ross 5184
and Cochran 1889 votes al the last gen
eraI election, gives an anti majority of
l5G, which shows the Democrats of Gray
son to be largely Democratic. Grimes
county, which gives large Republican
vote, gives anti majority. Lamar county,
which has Republican vote of about 500,
gives an anti ma ority of Sc; proving the
Democratic pros to be largely in the ms
jority in the party. lMarior county, which
gave Cochran msjority over Governor
Ross Of 465, gives anti q majority of $50;
Fayette, another x publican county, gives
anti O majority of something near
the Republican vote, aud it is
conceded that the Republican vote went
solidly for anti. Fannin county, that only
cast IA votes for Cochran at last cleo
ton, gives pro msjority Of 1898. Tar
rant county, another Democrat county,
gives pro majority, not Withstanding an
almost solid Republican vote of 1900 was
cast for anti. Taylor county, that did not
cast q Republican vote at last election,
gives pro majority of 29l. Williamson,
aDemocratic county, gives pro hand
some majority. Washington county,
which has 1000 Republican votes, gives
anti majority. Waller county,
which he's q two third R9publi-
can vote, gives about that vote for anti.
Lee county, which gives & Republican
majority, gives it to anti and so on.
Every county that has large Republican
majority has given an anti majority,
while IN Democratic counties the anti
mslOritY never reaches the Republican
vote. In the west, where the Democratic
vote is solid, every county has given pro
hibitiOn good maj0rity, and some coun-
ties as high as four to one. These are
facts that should engsge the attention OF
these self-Constituted Democratic leaders
befotre hey arregate so much authority to
themselves. They should bear in mind the
fact that the vote that defeated prohibi-
ton on the 4th of August cannot be
msrshalled in the Democratic. ranks
Doctor Cochran, the best authority from
the Republican party, says $4,000 negroes
voted for anti, and 50 per cent. Of the
German vote, which is equal to $4,000
Add to this 10000 illegal votes, cast IN,
der the Hogg ruling, and 10000 illegaI
votes on the Mexican border, all cast fol-
anti, and you have 100000 votes. Sub
tract these votes from the anti column
and you will discover that in the Demo
cratic party prohibition would have a ms
iority ranging from 80, to 1000
votes. Now, Mr.. Editor, in view of these
facts, does it not look a little
like the tail trying to wag the DOC
for Messrs. Clark and Mills to talk as they
do? Prohibitionists scquiesce in the re.
suit of the election, but they will not al
low any nonkeying with the Democratic
platform by few hot headed anti lead.
ers, whose efforts would seem to the So
Der thinker more for self elevation rather
than party preservation. II they want to
spring this question in the next Demo.
cratic convention, they will do it st theil
peril. True Democrats will never sub
nit to q whisky plank in the party plat,
form. The true blues may adopt such 8
platform for themselves, but not fol
Texas Democracy Respectfully,
ALT II. II. ToLAR. 5,
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